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<h2>Female Possum Measurements</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>The <code>fossum</code> data frame consists of nine morphometric
measurements on each of 43 female mountain brushtail possums, trapped
at seven sites from Southern Victoria to central Queensland.
This is a subset of the <code>possum</code> data frame.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>fossum</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>This data frame contains the following columns:
</p>

<dl>
<dt>case</dt><dd><p>observation number</p>
</dd>
<dt>site</dt><dd><p>one of seven locations where possums were
trapped</p>
</dd>
<dt>Pop</dt><dd><p>a factor which classifies the sites as
<code>Vic</code> Victoria,
<code>other</code> New South Wales or Queensland</p>
</dd>
<dt>sex</dt><dd><p>a factor with levels
<code>f</code> female,
<code>m</code> male </p>
</dd>
<dt>age</dt><dd><p>age</p>
</dd>
<dt>hdlngth</dt><dd><p>head length</p>
</dd>
<dt>skullw</dt><dd><p>skull width</p>
</dd>
<dt>totlngth</dt><dd><p>total length</p>
</dd>
<dt>taill</dt><dd><p>tail length</p>
</dd>
<dt>footlgth</dt><dd><p>foot length</p>
</dd>
<dt>earconch</dt><dd><p>ear conch length</p>
</dd>
<dt>eye</dt><dd><p>distance from medial canthus to lateral canthus of
right eye</p>
</dd>
<dt>chest</dt><dd><p>chest girth (in cm)</p>
</dd>
<dt>belly</dt><dd><p>belly girth (in cm)</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Lindenmayer, D. B., Viggers, K. L., Cunningham, R. B., and
Donnelly, C. F. 1995. Morphological variation among columns of the
mountain brushtail possum, Trichosurus caninus Ogilby
(Phalangeridae: Marsupiala). Australian Journal of Zoology 43:
449-458. 
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
boxplot(fossum$totlngth)
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